[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----CALIF., USA

2016-05-04 Thread Rick Halperin
May 4 CALIFORNIA: THE EXECUTIONER'S TALE: Former San Quentin warden reveals how he killed prisoners in the jail's 'coughing box' without any training . . . or remorse Dan Vasquez performed 2 executions while warden at San Quentin Without any experience or medical training, Dan

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-05-04 Thread Rick Halperin
May 4 INDONESIA: Indonesia is preparing to execute prisoners, police official confirms Spokesman says firing squad has been in training, risking backlash from foreign governments with citizens on death row Indonesia is preparing to execute several prisoners, a police official

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-05-04 Thread Rick Halperin
May 4 JAMAICA: An eye for an eye? The majority of nations that execute citizens do so based upon the premise that death is the most powerful deterrent, deserved retribution, and that no mercy should be shown to the merciless. It is against this background that advocates of capital

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----COLO., UTAH, CALIF., ORE., USA

2016-05-04 Thread Rick Halperin
May 4 COLORADO: Father Of Man Accused Of Killing Stepmom Wants Death Penalty For Son The stepson of a well-known veterinarian on Colorado's Eastern Plains, and another man, are accused in her murder and appeared in court on Tuesday. The crime has left the families and the small town

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----FLA., ALA., OHIO, KY., MO.

2016-05-04 Thread Rick Halperin
May 4 FLORIDA: Legal Luminaries Join Amici in Death Sentence Case With 2 days to go until the Florida Supreme Court hears arguments in Hurst v. Florida, a coalition of legal luminaries is weighing in to urge the justices to turn all pre-Hurst death sentences into life sentences.